OTHER PEACE DAYS Many people around the world have had the same idea – a global peace day. Here are a few of the ones on other dates. All of them will be invited to join us on September 21st: theme which I have placed at the beginning of this message. It is one which I consider particularly important: the human family, a community of peace. The first form of communion between persons is that born of the love of a man and a woman who decide to enter a stable union in order to build together a new family. But the peoples of the earth, too, are called to build relationships of solidarity and cooperation among themselves, as befits members of the one human family: h t t p : / / w w w. z e n i t . o r g / a r t i c l e 21248?l=english denly realized what we all can do! We can fold some paper cranes and send them to as many leaders we can find the addresses for. Lets make an impression on our leaders, no, lets shock our leaders into seeing that we all want to live in peace. I am hoping that our leaders get so many folded paper cranes that they will complain to me to take down my site and end this paper crane deluge. It can only be done with your help. They say if you fold 1000 cranes you will be granted your wish. Lets fold a couple of million cranes and wish for world peace. – Peaceguy www.peaceday.org world Peace day on the winter Solstice World Peace Day occurs on the Winter Solstice each year. It varies from December 21 or 22. Don Orne, the Coordinator of World Peace Day since 1994, invites everyone to celebrate the Winter Solstice with prayer and meditation in his or her own way so that we all join together as one unified global body. World Peace Day is a Global celebration for all people of Planet Earth. Imagine people all over the world sharing an hour of prayer and song, dance and chanting, meditation and ritual honoring themselves, their families --living and dead -- their town, country and global family. Each person brings to the celebration the love, compassion and understanding to embrace the healing of social, ecological and spiritual challenges before him/her. www.yingcom.com/indexpeace.html world Peace day – november 17 A few years back I had a vision of creating a non-religious, non- governmental, world inclusive, grassroots movement for a day to promote peace. But - I had the vision but no direction. One morning I sat typing a reply to an email and all of a sudden my vision was made complete. I needed to ask for help. Your help. World Peace Day, November 17th, is what, I hope, will empower us to make our leaders, and our future generations, take notice. So we’re having a mass demonstration. The location is wherever you happen to be. This is the only way to really make terrorists, politicians and world leaders take notice that THE PEOPLE want peace! By gathering together we provide the pebble to start the avalanche towards peace. (In a later note ) As I sat thinking about the current aggression in the Middle East and here we go again killing the poor people that have to put up with leaders who are making all these poor choices, I sud- korea Peace day – december 1 Now, more than ever, it is important for our voices to be heard in support of diplomatic solutions to the current crisis, especially direct negotiations between the governments of the United States and DPRK. To amplify our call for direct negotiations, we would like to invite you to participate in Korea Peace Day. On December 1, on college campuses across the country, students and faculty will organize seminars, panel discussions, cultural activities, and film screenings to educate and mobilize support for a peaceful resolution of the U.S.-North Korean standoff. In the coming weeks, ASCK will put new Peace Day materials on our website to help you with your organizing efforts, including a list of recommended resources, films, and speakers, as well as a petition that you can use to present to your elected representatives. http://www.asck.org/peaceday/activities.html www.worldpeaceemerging.com Pope Benedict xvi’s message for the 41st world day of Peace, January 1, 2008 At the beginning of a New Year, I wish to send my fervent good wishes for peace, together with a heartfelt message of hope to men and women throughout the world. I do so by offering for our common reflection the 3